Day: 9 April 2026

Singapore- and Hong Kong-listed firms Oceanus Group and HashKey Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a regulated stablecoin settlement framework aimed at modernizing global trade finance and addressing liquidity gaps affecting small and medium-sized enterprises. The partnership will be executed through Oceanus’ digital arm ODIN and ...

Oil price volatility is increasingly shaping crypto market direction as energy-driven inflation expectations and shifting liquidity conditions influence broader risk appetite across financial markets. While digital assets like Bitcoin are not directly tied to crude oil, market analysts note that oil shocks now act as a key macro transmission channel ...

It’s no longer just a concept being tested. Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization has transitioned from experimental pilots to tangible, institutional-grade adoption. In the first 90 days of 2026, tokenized U.S. Treasuries and private credit led the expansion, albeit at a pace defined more by institutional caution than urgency.  TL;DR ...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9th April 2026, Chainwire

Pharos Network has introduced a pre-mainnet liquidity program titled “Stake before the Stake,” designed to attract early capital into its Real World Asset (RWA) ecosystem ahead of the upcoming “Pacific Ocean” mainnet launch. The initiative, launched in partnership with OKX Wallet and supported by institutional RWA infrastructure providers, aims to ...

Decentralized finance activity on Solana is entering a critical phase of growth and complexity, according to DeFi researcher Flow, who argues that the ecosystem is expanding rapidly but remains constrained by structural inefficiencies in risk assessment and capital allocation. The commentary highlights that while liquidity, stablecoin supply, and real-world asset ...

PRNewswire, PRNewswire, 9th April 2026, Chainwire

Bitcoin has re-entered geopolitical discussion following commentary from author Jesse Tevelow, who linked recent reports of Iran’s proposed Bitcoin-based payment mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz to a broader shift in global monetary systems. Tevelow, author of Life After Bitcoin, said the reported move underscores how Bitcoin is increasingly being ...

The first three months of 2026 have come and gone, and it’s clear that crypto still has plenty of capital, but not much conviction. Bitcoin continues to dominate the market, while most altcoins are struggling to keep up. Although there is still a lot of money in the market, investors ...

Financial institutions are advancing efforts to integrate blockchain into traditional finance following a successful pilot of a shared-ledger system designed to improve payment efficiency and support digital asset workflows. The initiative tested a “Universal Ledger” framework, a distributed system that allows multiple participants to operate on a synchronized transaction layer. ...